TY - BOOK AU - Cheyfitz,Eric AU - Blaeser,Kimberly M. AU - Cheyfitz,Eric AU - Elliott,Michael A. AU - Huhndorf,Shari AU - Johnson,Kendall AU - Krupat,Arnold AU - Murray,David TI - The Columbia Guide to American Indian Literatures of the United States Since 1945 T2 - The Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945 SN - 9780231117647 AV - PS153.I52 U1 - 810.9897/009045 PY - 2006///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism KW - American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism KW - Identity (Psychology) in literature KW - Imperialism in literature KW - Indians in literature KW - Indians of North America -- Intellectual life KW - Postcolonialism in literature KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Native American KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Editor's Introduction --; Part I --; The (Post)Colonial Construction of Indian Country --; Part II --; 1. American Indian Fiction and Anticolonial Resistance --; 2. Cannons and Canonization --; 3. American Indian Drama and the Politics of Performance --; 4. Sovereignty and the Struggle for Representation in American Indian Nonfiction --; 5. Imagining Self and Community in American Indian Autobiography --; Contributors --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - The Columbia Guide to American Indian Literatures of the United States Since 1945 is the first major volume of its kind to focus on Native literatures in a postcolonial context. Written by a team of noted Native and non-Native scholars, these essays consider the complex social and political influences that have shaped American Indian literatures in the second half of the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on core themes of identity, sovereignty, and land. In his essay comprising part I of the volume, Eric Cheyfitz argues persuasively for the necessary conjunction of Indian literatures and federal Indian law from Apess to Alexie. Part II is a comprehensive survey of five genres of literature: fiction (Arnold Krupat and Michael Elliott), poetry (Kimberly Blaeser), drama (Shari Huhndorf), nonfiction (David Murray), and autobiography (Kendall Johnson), and discusses the work of Vine Deloria Jr., N. Scott Momaday, Joy Harjo, Simon Ortiz, Louise Erdrich, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, Jimmy Santiago Baca, and Sherman Alexie, among many others. Drawing on historical and theoretical frameworks, the contributors examine how American Indian writers and critics have responded to major developments in American Indian life and how recent trends in Native writing build upon and integrate traditional modes of storytelling. Sure to be considered a groundbreaking contribution to the field, The Columbia Guide to American Indian Literatures of the United States Since 1945 offers both a rich critique of history and a wealth of new information and insight UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/chey11764 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231511025 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231511025/original ER -